Quote from achilles28:
According to NPR, 30% of the population in 1920 were farmers and 60% lived rural.
Today, less than 2% of the population farms and less than 20% live rural.
How much food does that 2% produce today compared to the 30% who farmed in '20? More importantly, how much of that food does the U.S. export today compared to back then?
Find that out, connect the dots and you'll realize that the U.S. has the ultimate hole card left to play.
Contemporary society is far less equipped to survive a food crisis, then our predecessors.
IMHO, we much better equipped today.
Under the right circumstances it would become politically acceptable to nationalize the food industry in order to ensure that the population is adequately nourished.
